Exit the Paris Olympics, enter Afcon 2027; We can pull it off!

An artistic impression of the upcoming Afraha Stadium in Nakuru City, Kenya which is under renovation to international standards. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

And so, the Olympic Games have come to a close, triumphantly. This is the first truly universal global moment of joy that we have pulled off collectively since the Covid-19 pandemic event of 2020 — and yes I am placing them above the 2022 FIFA World Cup in this statement.

Football has its place in expressing our aggressive human id, the Olympics are an expression of our dreams and the collective superego. And speaking of dreams, how wild and delicious was that grandiose spectacle of an opening ceremony the French put on?